A Whole Lot of Mess

A big thanks to everyone on their condolences about my long-term disability fiasco. To clarify, it only affected my income benefits during the period between August and December. My health benefits are still good. But still, pay for four months is still a big chunk of change.

It's been an awful weekend. I think that my story is a testament to how fragile my system still is.

It all started bright and dandy on Friday, after finishing up my first full week of therapy over at BMC. While I was working out, my cardiologist stopped it and said, "I'm putting you on Omacor". Omacor, is a processed fish oil solution that can be used to reduce trigylcerides in the blood. I wasn't happy about being put on another drug, but if the doctor wants to put me on, who am I to complain.

I ended the day full of pep and feeling pretty good. My legs were a little sore, but I wrote that off as a result of a good workout earlier in the day. I started taking the Omacor that evening.

On Saturday morning, I woke up with serious pain above the knee on the inside of my upper leg. It was extremely difficult to even walk on it. Coincidentally, the pain was where I usually get fluid build up when I wear my anti-embolism stockings. I didn't know what it was, but I guessed that I pulled something at the gym, and the fluid in my leg was pressing down on it, causing me some serious pain. I iced it and laid down most of the morning.

That afternoon I started to feel lethargic and really out of it. I ended up taking another nap in the afternoon. Although my knee had calmed down, the evening was miserable.

On Sunday, I woke up feeling awful, with no energy, and a fever. I didn't know if the Omacor was to blame, but I stopped it anyway. I literally spent all of Sunday in bed. Perhaps it was the Omacor, or maybe it was the flu?

So here we are today, feeling a little better, but my blood pressure is still very low. And my leg still aches a bit. I feel a little helpless since I want to call my doctor, but I haven't seen him since last May, and he probably would not be able to help me. Off to make a few phone calls.